2002/230/EC: Commission Decision of 15 March 2002 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals 2002 (notified under document number C(2002) 1003)
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, animal health, financial aid, research body

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 March 2002

on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference labora-
tories in the field of animal health and live animals 2002

(notified under document number C(2002) 1003)

(Only the Spanish, Danish, German, English, French and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2002/230/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended
by Decision 2001/572/EC (2), and in particular Article 28(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Community financial aid should be granted to the
Community reference laboratories designated by the
Community to assist them in carrying out the functions
and duties laid down in the following Directives and
Decisions:

— Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001
on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (3),

— Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 intro-
ducing Community measures for the control of
Newcastle disease (4), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland,

— Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992
introducing general Community measures for the
control of certain animal diseases and specific meas-
ures relating to swine vesicular disease (5), as last
amended by Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC (6),

— Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 intro-
the

ducing minimum Community measures
control of certain fish diseases (7),

for

— Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995
introducing minimum Community measures for the
control
bivalve
of
molluscs (8),

affecting

diseases

certain

— Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992
laying down control rules and measures to combat
African horse sickness (9), as last amended by the Act
of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland,

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69.
(6) OJ L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23.
(8) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 33.
(9) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.

— Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November
2000 laying down specific provisions for the control
and eradication of bluetongue (10),

— Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000
designating a specific institute responsible for elabo-
rating criteria for standardising serological tests to
control the efficiency of rabies vaccines (11),

— Council Decision 96/463/EC of 23 July 1996 desig-
nating the reference body responsible for collabor-
ating in rendering uniform the testing methods and
the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding
animals of the bovine species (12).

The financial contribution from the Community shall be
granted provided that the actions planned are efficiently
carried out and that the authorities supply all the neces-
sary information within the time limits laid down.

For budgetary reasons, Community assistance should be
granted for a period of one year.

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1258/1999 (13), veterinary and plant health measures
undertaken in accordance with Community rules shall
be financed under the Guarantee Section of the Euro-
pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund;
for
financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
For classical swine fever, the Community grants financial
assistance to Germany for the functions and duties referred to
in Annex IV to Directive 2001/89/EC, to be carried out by the
Institut für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule, Hanover,
Germany.

(10) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(11) OJ L 95, 15.4.2000, p. 40.
(12) OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.
(13) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

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The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 185 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2002.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 40 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2002.

Article 2

Article 7

1.
For Newcastle disease, the Community grants financial
assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties
referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/66/EEC, to be carried
out by the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United
Kingdom.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 60 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2002.

1.
For bluetongue, the Community grants financial assis-
tance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties
referred to in Annex II to Directive 2000/75/EC, to be carried
out by the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 115 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2002.

Article 3

1.
For swine vesicular disease, the Community grants finan-
cial assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and
duties referred to in Annex III to Directive 92/119/EEC to be
carried out by the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 95 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2002.

Article 4

1.
For fish diseases, the Community grants financial assis-
tance to Denmark for the functions and duties referred to in
Annex C to Directive 93/53/EEC, to be carried out by the
Statens Veterinære Serumlaboratorium, Århus, Denmark.

Article 8

1.
For rabies serology, the Community grants financial assis-
tance to France for the functions and duties referred to in
Annex II to Decision 2000/258/EC, to be carried out by the
laboratory of the A.F.S.S.A. Nancy, France.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 130 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2002.

Article 9

the results of

For the assessment of

1.
the methods of
testing pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, and
the harmonisation of
the
Community grants financial assistance to Sweden for the func-
tions and duties referred to in Annex II to Decision 96/463/EC
to be carried out by the Interbull Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.

the various methods of

testing,

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 130 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2002.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 60 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2002.

Article 5

Article 10

1.
For diseases of bivalve molluscs, the Community grants
financial assistance to France for the functions and duties
referred to in Annex B to Directive 95/70/EC, to be carried out
by the IFREMER, La Tremblade, France.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 80 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2002.

Article 6

1.
For African horse sickness, the Community grants finan-
cial assistance to Spain for the functions and duties referred to
in Annex I to Directive 92/35/EEC, to be carried out by the
Laboratorio de sanidad y producción animal, Algete, Spain.

The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:

(a) 70 % by way of an advance at the request of the recipient

Member States;

(b) the balance following presentation of supporting docu-
ments and a technical report by the recipient Member
State. Those documents must be presented at the latest
three months after the end of the period for which financial
assistance has been granted;

and provided that the actions planned are efficiently carried out
and the authorities supply all the necessary information within
the time limits laid down.

When the time limit is not observed, the financial contribution
of the Community shall be reduced by 25 % on 1 May, 50 %
on 1 June, 75 % on 1 July and 100 % on 1 September.

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This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French
Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.

Article 11

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission